Chandigarh, Jan. 29 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a petition from a senior citizen couple from Kurukshetra seeking compensation in the death of their 24-year-old in 2015 in an accident reported in Kalka.

The bench of Justice Nidhi Gupta while taking note of the facts of the case observed that the claimant side is liable for "perjury" for making contradictory statements before two courts of law.

The accident had taken place in May 2015 on a highway near Kalka. In 2019, the MACT Kurukshetra had dismissed a claim petition of Rs.60 lakh compensation from the parents of the deceased, Sumit, who was 24-year-old at the time of accident. The FIR was registered against one Surender with whom the deceased was travelling with ...